Fluorbritholite-(Y) from
Lagmannsvik, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Fluorbritholite-(Y) | |
| Formula: | (Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3F | |
| Comments: | embedded in granular aggregates of creamcolored Y-rich fluorite (“yttrofluorite") and allanite-(Ce). | |
| Habit: | irregular grains and coarse, hexagonal, tabular crystals up to 1 mm | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Bastnäsite-(Ce) | 2 | |
| Hundholmenite-(Y) | 1 | |
| Tengerite-(Y) | 1 | |
| Fluorite | 1 | |
| - var Yttrofluorite | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorbritholite-(Y) data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Lagmannsvik, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 634860 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:634860:1 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorbritholite-(Y) | ||
| 19.1km (11.8 miles) | ⓘKråkmo, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway | |
| References | ||
Pekov, Igor V., Zubkova, Natalia V., Chukanov, Nikita V., Husdal, Tomas A., Zadov, Aleksandr E., Pushcharovsky, Dmitry Yu. (2011) Fluorbritholite-(Y), (Y,Ca,Ln)5[(Si,P)O4]3 F, a new mineral of the britholite group. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 188 (2) 191-197 doi:10.1127/0077-7757/2011/0200 | ||
Lagmannsvik, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway